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Free How to Nature Journal Guide
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Lotti Brown DesignsLearn how to nature journal and get started with your first nature journal with my free guide to get you going...
If you’ve ever wanted to start keeping a nature journal - to slow down, sketch, or write about the small wonders you notice outdoors - this gentle guide will help you begin.
It’s a short, friendly PDF filled with ideas, and inspiration to help you connect with nature and start recording your own discoveries.
Free Guide - Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal
'Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal' was originally created as part of my Nature with Lotti series - my creative space for sharing easy ways to enjoy nature through art and observation.
It now lives here at Lotti Brown Designs, where I continue to share nature-inspired art and journaling ideas.
What's inside?
- Simple ways to begin your first nature journal
- What you need
- Sketching and writing ideas for beginners
- Tips for building a personal connection with nature
- Encouragement to create your own way - no rules, no pressure
Learn how to make fun and easy nature journal pages to get started easilyIt can be a bit confusing when you're just getting started so I've tried to simplify things and let you know only what's essential while still giving you different options so you've got the freedom to nature journal in your own way.
Nature journaling is such a personal thing as it's about our own relationship with nature - and we all end up nature journaling in our own unique way...
But it's very helpful to get some pointers to help you out and give you some ideas and inspiration so that you can just get started whenever you want!
Get your FREE GUIDE to Getting Started with Your First Nature Journal...
You can download your free PDF below - no sign-up required, just a little gift to help you start noticing the beauty around you.
If you enjoy this guide, you might also like my Imperfect Nature Journaling Course, a self-paced e-book with 20 creative exercises to deepen your journaling practice. Find out more here...
I hope that I can inspire you to feel more connected to nature through nature journaling as a way of self-care - and also encourage you to:
- keep journaling
- learn new nature journaling skills
- and keep learning about, feeling connected with, and loving our natural world around us...
Nature Journaling Course
Downloadable PDF nature journaling course - 120+ pages, 20 exercisesIf you'd like to explore nature journaling more, please consider joining me for my 'Imperfect Nature Journaling' online course - I've called it this to remind us to nature journal for the process of connecting with nature to feel good and not to put pressure on ourselves to create pretty pages which can quickly ruin the fun and the benefits...
It's a series of 20 lessons (in downloadable PDF format) which are great exercises that you can do in your own nature journal to help you try out different ideas and techniques.
This will help you get the most out of your nature journaling sessions and understand what style of nature journaling is the best for you personally.
If this sounds like something you might like, you can find out more about the course here...
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